498.23  Reserve and educational funds--patronage dividends.

Out of any surplus remaining in any given year, the directors shall each year set aside not less than ten percent of such savings for the accumulation of a reserve fund until such reserve shall equal at least forty percent of the invested capital of the association, not less than one percent nor more than five percent for a permanent educational fund from which expenditures shall be made annually at the discretion of the directors for the purpose of teaching co-operation, and the remainder to be returned to the members as a patronage dividend prorated on a uniform basis to each member upon the value of business done by that member through the association.

Section History: Early form

  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 8507; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 498.23]


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